TY - JOUR
T1 - Routine thyroid function tests in infertile women
T2 - Are they necessary?
AU - Shalev, Eliezer
AU - Eliyahu, Shlomo
AU - Ziv, M.
AU - Ben-Ami, Moshe
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - To investigate the yield of routine thyroid function testing in infertile women, the records of 444 infertile women were categorized to standard infertility groups. Thyroid function was evaluated by measuring plasma free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone. All free thyroxine values were in the normal range (0.8 to 1.8 ng/ml), and only three thyroid-stimulating hormone values were higher than the normal range (0.15 to 4.5 mlU/L). The three women had ovulatory dysfunction. Thyroid function testing is more prudent in screening the subset of infertile women with ovulatory dysfunction and not as a routine measure in the infertile population.
AB - To investigate the yield of routine thyroid function testing in infertile women, the records of 444 infertile women were categorized to standard infertility groups. Thyroid function was evaluated by measuring plasma free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone. All free thyroxine values were in the normal range (0.8 to 1.8 ng/ml), and only three thyroid-stimulating hormone values were higher than the normal range (0.15 to 4.5 mlU/L). The three women had ovulatory dysfunction. Thyroid function testing is more prudent in screening the subset of infertile women with ovulatory dysfunction and not as a routine measure in the infertile population.
KW - Infertile women
KW - ovulatory dysfunction
KW - thyroid function testing
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9378(94)90130-9
DO - 10.1016/0002-9378(94)90130-9
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C2 - 7977517
AN - SCOPUS:0028090374
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 171
SP - 1191
EP - 1192
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 5
ER -